Contents 1. What is Costco ’s business model? Is the company ’s business model appealing? 3 2. What are the chief elements of Costco ’s strategy? How good is the strategy? 4 3. What two core values or business principles has Jim Sinegal stressed at Costco? 6 4. How well is Costco performing from a financial perspective? 7 5. What recommendations would you make to Costco top executives regarding how best to sustain the company ’s growth and improve its financial performance? 8 6. Evaluate the recommendations
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Ryanair: Revolutionizing the Airline Industry Isuru ‘Nimesh’ Wickramasinghe AVIT 423 St. Cloud State University Novermber 17th 2011 Europe’s new low cost airlines are growing at an exponential rate‚ taking over market share from the big traditional airlines and some of them such as RyanAir is carrying more passengers than the British Airlines (Dr. Dennis). Trends in the past 2 decades have all shown of a constant and almost fierce growth in these low-cost airlines and it looks like they
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A company cannot achieve efficiency and effectiveness using one single model. Based on the complexity‚ some functions need more delegation and some areas needs tight integration. Organizational structure significantly influences firm performance. I am working for a multi-nation company‚ involved in various global initiatives to reduce manufacturing cost by consolidating global demand‚ establishing global product sourcing and global IT systems. I have seen “Pressure for integration” from Top management
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Usefulness of the Five forces 7.Limitations of the five forces Model 8.Porter in the airline industry/Ryanair Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael Porter in his book Competitive Strategy: "Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors" in 1980. Since that time it has become an important instrument for analyzing an organisations industry structure in the strategic processes. Porter’s model is based on the idea that a business strategy should meet the opportunities
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Ryanair Marketing Mix Product or Service. - Low cost‚ no frills air travel to European destinations. - No free food or drink onboard. You buy them onboard‚ or you don’t. You can take your own food and drink. - The company has deals with Hertz car rental‚ and a number of hotel businesses‚ phone cards and bus tickets. Ryanair takes a commission on ’up selling’. About 16% of profit is made this way. Price - Ryanair has low fares. -70% of seats are sold at the lowest two fares. 30% of seats
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1. Key Performance Indicators for Restaurants‚ Cafes‚ Catering‚ Clubs & Hotels http://www.profitablehospitality.com/public/88.cfm 1) Financial perspective * Reduce food loss 2) Internal business perspective * Follow preparation * Follow schedule * Teamwork * Job performance 3) Customer perspective * Challenge 4) Learning and growth perspective * HR development * Self- improvement * Employee’s performance was evaluated through observations
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Assignment Ryanair Case 1-What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? - Will it be successful? Or is it fatally flawed? Why? - Does Ryanair’s strategy give it a competitive advantage over the rivals? 2- How do you expect Aer Lingus and British Airways to respond? Why? - Focus on competitor analyses of Aer Lingus and British Airways. What does Aer Lingus want to achieve? What does British Airways want to achieve? - What are the reasons to expect vigorous retaliation from Aer Lingus
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Brief introduction to airservice Ryanair Ryanair Holdings was incorporated in 1996 as a holding company for Ryanair Limited. The latter operates an ultra-low cost‚ scheduled-passenger airline serving short-haul‚ point-to-point routes between Ireland‚ the U.K.‚ Continental Europe‚ and Morocco. Incorporated in 1984‚ Ryanair Limited began to introduce a lowfares operating model under a new management team in the early 1990s. See ―Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospect - History
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Business Model Innovation for Sustainability _______________ Karan GIROTRA Serguei NETESSINE 2013/64/TOM Business Model Innovation for Sustainability Karan Girotra* Serguei Netessine** * Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD‚ Boulevard de Constance 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex‚ France. Email: karan.girotra@insead.edu ** The Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation‚ Professor of Technology and Operations Management at
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